Does Darker Skin Have More Natural Looking Results from SMP?

Hello Doctor,

I’m really interested in scalp micro-pigmentation, but browsing on the internet looking for before/after pictures I noticed something strange. The men with a brown skin color seem to have better (more natural) results than the caucasian men. Not only did the SMP ‘grafts’ look more the same as their own remaining hair, the transition between the pigmented area and the natural hair area looked more seamless.

Is this maybe because brown men tend to have coarser, thicker hair?

You may be correct, but shaved heads are more common in the African-American community so we are more accustomed to that look. Light skin and dark hair accentuate any balding pattern, but Scalp MicroPigmentation (SMP) does work well. The key is choosing the right shade of SMP, since every patient is different.